Play ball in Beantown

Mayor John Hickenlooper heads to Boston next week talk to big cheeses about how they handled the National Democratic Convention in 2004. Heâ€™ll also have some fun â€” throwing out the first pitch at the Red Socks v. Rockies game June 14.

City spirit

A reader wants Bill Romanowski to change the title of his upcoming movie, â€œWeiners,â€? where he plays a gay cowboy trucker, to â€œBrokebrain Mountainâ€? â€¦ Cherie Booth, wife of Tony Blair, stayed at Hotel Teatro after Monday nightâ€™s Unique Lives speech at the Buell, and left a present of 10 Downing Street cufflinks for GM David Craig.

Bill Hustedâ€™s column appears Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. Husted also appears Tuesdays and Fridays on â€œGood Day Coloradoâ€? on Fox 31. You can reach him at 303-954-1486 or at bhusted@denverpost.com.